A 17-year-old was yesterday sentenced to 12 months in jail after a city magistrate found him guilty of armed robbery.
Shane Thompson, who was already serving a 12-month prison sentence for another armed robbery that he had admitted to committing, was sentenced by Magistrate Ann McLennan.
Thompson had pleaded not guilty to robbing Kessi Nelson of a cellular phone and a quantity of cash amounting to $105,000. The attack was said to have occurred on July 10th and Thompson was allegedly armed with an icepick.
At the conclusion of a short trial,